Thirteen detective stories based upon the personal experiences of the ex-chief of the Paris detective police. Among them are stories of crimes of murder, of blackmail, and robbery. Many interesting characters ranging from the indiscreet society woman to the habitual criminal are introduced as in tale after tale, mystifying and complicated plots are untangled by the master mind of the old detective.
| Acad. 72: 126. F. 2, ’07. 640w. | ||
| N. Y. Times. 12: 335. My. 25, ’07. 260w. |
“If in these stories the clue is not so obscure nor the crime so intricate as in the best detective romances, there is mystery enough to make the account of its solution thoroughly entertaining, and what they may lose in melodramatic excitement they gain in apparent reality.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 160w. |
Gorst, Sir John E. Children of the nation. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–25650.
A book whose object is to bring home to the people of Great Britain a sense of the danger of neglecting the physical condition of the nation’s children. Some of the chapters deal with infant mortality, children under school age, underfed children, overworked children, children’s ailments, physical training, hereditary disease, and the home.
“The book under review is serviceable because of its analysis of the conditions involved in child health rather than for the remedies proposed for physical defects.” W: H. Allen.